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Protesters Demanding San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr be fired wrapped up a 16 day occupation of the Mission District Police Station by marching on and taking over City Hall. 33 Arrested and five hunger strikers admitted to a hospital where they will keep up their vigil. Stay Tuned for more spring actions to rock the power structure. occupysf.net  

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HAPPY 47th ANNIVERSARY PEOPLE’S PARK

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(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3129nSP8SPs)

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Eat Bay Food Not Bombs cook and serving sites!  http://ebfnb.org/

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Help mail Slingshot newspaper issue 121- Sunday April 24 1-9 pm

Many hands make light work. Slingshot needs help mailing out 12,000 copies of the new issue. 2,000 are indivdual subscriptions – many to prisoners, so if you like prisoner support, this is a very tangible way to help prisoners. Plus meet people and talk about stuff. Drop by any time for part or all of the mailing. PLEASE BRING RUBBER BANDS if you have any.

Note:  there are also still a few copies of the 2016 organizer available so let us know if you want to order some. (Selling the organizer funds us distributing the newspaper for free.)

http://slingshot.tao.ca

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[slingshot] issue #121 update / seeking help

The deadline for issue #121 was Saturday.  8 or so people read the articles over the weekend and tonight met and sorted the articles to figure out which needed revisions (see below.) At the end of the meeting we decided that the collection of articles is pretty weak and so we would like to find A FEW really GOOD last minute articles so long as they are turned in by Thursday night at 8 pm.  Ask your friends!! Last minute articles that will be most helpful would be: --TOPICAL / covering a future or current struggle or issue --INSPIRATIONAL or analytical -- going beyond a list of problems and complaints but rather sketching opportunities for struggle, organizing, resistance, alternative ways of thinking, living or being --well written, organized, focused, not extremely long, not just a rant, not just a blow-by-blow of something that happened, coherent, not filler or side dishes but main courses -- possible for front page Following are possible TOPICS that we're currently missing that would make the issue better. --Rojava --recent police killings --Alex Nieto trial and protests --"why are sports so emotionally engaging while resisting the system that's killing us is ignored" --radical stuff on campuses like campaigns re: sexual harassment and divestment --BLM update --climate change resistance --rise of racism / anti-immigrant / anti-Muslim and responses --gentrification resistance aside from squatting (we have articles on squatting) --migrant crisis in Europe Note:  If you wrote an article and we're asking for a revision, the revision is due by Thursday at 8 pm

slingshot at tao dot ca

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“Big Mountain is Under Siege Again”–Louise Benally on Livestock Impoundments

http://supportblackmesa.org/2016/04/big-mountain-is-under-siege-again-louise-benally-on-livestock-impoundments/

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If you’ve got another upcoming event that you think should be listed in the next issue of Slingshot, please hit us up by Saturday at 3PM Pacific Standard!

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If you would like a PDF of this oldie but goodie, please let us know!

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Vote for Afrikatown Garden With A 5-second Click! $20K Winners!

https://www.seedsofchangegrant.com/GalleryDetail.aspx?id=1886

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April 5 Oakland City Council: Oakland Declaration of Housing State of Emergency

https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/04/01/18784784.php

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http://www.924gilman.org/blog/event/924-gilman-zine-fest/

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We’re starting to get submissions for Slingshot #121 including this one from melissaluk!

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We’re going to be there!  http://www.924gilman.org/blog/event/924-gilman-zine-fest/

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FRIENDS, I’m looking for some good, reliable people to help drop off postcards for this new book of mine in the flyer sections of record shops, cafes, bookstores, etc. If that’s you shoot me a message with your address and I’ll send you a big stack (and some gifts for helping out).

Message here or [email protected]

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If anyone else from our realm does this, please consider reviewing the 'zines Gnade sends you for Slingshot #121!  One of us did this but already wrote something like five 'zine reviews for the next issue and is sort of bogged down with other things.

Plus they left postcards at the Long Haul Infoshop and the Amoeba Records in Berkeley and the Omni, with intentions of leaving them at the Book Zoo soonish.  This brought down the scorn of The Eggplant since there are so many other places to leave postcards around the Bay Area, sooo... please consider doing this, whether you write about the 'zines for us or not.

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A couple of us found this gem while... creatively dealing with the recycling!  But really, if you are unhappy with your 2016 Organizer and/or want to help with the 2017 Organizer, please e-mail us.  slingshot at  tao dot ca!